The Kamloops Courthouse Gallery Artists' Works
| RHONA ARMES |
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Rhona awakened one morning in 1966, knowing that she could learn how to paint and draw. When she was introduced to clay, she knew what form her journey would take. Her present work is clay sculpture and presentation ware. Rhona continues to share her passion for her craft with others through art instruction at her "Open Armes Studio". |
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Pat completed a three year fine arts course and, while raising a family, worked from home creating pastel and oil portraits, pen and ink sketches and illustrations for daily newspapers. Her style is realistic, influenced by the people, the culture and the art of the many places she has lived. Pat is also a skilled potter and sculptor. | |
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Karen's career as a fibre artist started with a three month trip through Mexico in 1974. Travelling from the west coast to the east coast, she admired the woven blankets and wall hangings that were created in the villages by women squatting with their backstrap looms strung around tree trunks. She was filled with inspiration and a desire to learn this ancient craft. The experience eventually led her to a passion for spinning, dying and felting the fibres of different animals. | |
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A self proclaimed glass addict, Cindy Hayden has played in this medium for two decades. Shortly after learning the art she began working in a glass shop, which fuelled her passion for glass. Cindy utilizes vibrant colour and unusual textures to create a unique statement. Her work captures the beauty of sunlight, as the colours and textures change throughout the day. Cindy's greatest pleasure comes from creating custom pieces that reflect her clients' individual taste. | |
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Bonnie Keats creates large-scale vases, murals and coffee table bowls. She fires in the wood kiln she built on her Knutsford property last year, or low-fires in tin foil and paper towel...extremes of temperature and technique that keep her excited about clay, even after 25 years as a potter. | |
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Jan started to weave in Princec George in 1990. She started weaving rags because they were cheap and she liked recycling. She wove mainly with rags for 8 years. The response after weaving a cotton shawl to wear to her daughter's wedding led her to make colourful, textured cotton and chenile scarves and shawls. | |
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Jody Tippett has been an applied artist for 15 years. Her work experience and formal studies have included stained glass, interior and architectural design, as well as web and print graphics. Applying this experience with a new freesom of expression in a new medium, Jody operates a functional pottery studio out of her home, dubbed "Living Wells", offering unique functional stoneware and decorative pieces. | |
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Shiela is a self-employed accountant with a passion for glass. Twelve years ago, after taking her first lesson, she finally knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her largest commission to date, the windows for St. Andrew's on the Square in Kamloops, used the Tiffany technique. Currently her primary focus has turned to working with kiln formed hot glass opening a whole new realm of "Usable Art" | |
SUZY KNOX |
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Susan Knox teaches and paints plein air landscapes and still life in acrylic and watercolour. She has worked as an illustrator and participated in many juried and group shows over the last 25 years. |
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Jackie rediscovered her first love of textile art whilst battling against horizontal rain in the Isle of Man, circa 1999. A Foundation certificate in Art and Design encouraged continuation in Art after a move to Kamloops in 2003. Since then, 'Four seasons' cards and purses have been notable features of Jackie's portfolio, with individual pieces composed of layers of fabric, silk flowers and sequins, uniquely stitched together and further embellished by hand. | |
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An artist for over 25 years in various media, clay now fills all of Glen Mantie’s attention. His drive to make unique and original pottery combines with his passionate look into the roots of cultures all over the world . . . voices of tribes long forgotten echoing in the carven and sculpted motifs of his pottery. Residing in Kamloops since his early youth Glen has moved quickly in his pursuit of creating sometimes eclectic, often whimsical but always thought provoking works of clay art for the discerning tastes of collectors. | |
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